04-28-2011, 06:59 PM
Christie was my Shakespeare when I was thirteen
Thanks for the kind words and feedback Billy, though I'm not sure what you mean by this: "'in every novel',would that ever happen? is it needed?" Do you mean happen every time? In all the classic murder mysteries from England I've read the butler didn't do it once, though in America it was much more common for some reason. If you type "the butler did it" into wikipedia it will take you to the page of Mary Roberts Rinehart, a writer called "the American Agatha Christie" who's considered to have coined the phrase.
Thanks again for your comment.
Thanks for the kind words and feedback Billy, though I'm not sure what you mean by this: "'in every novel',would that ever happen? is it needed?" Do you mean happen every time? In all the classic murder mysteries from England I've read the butler didn't do it once, though in America it was much more common for some reason. If you type "the butler did it" into wikipedia it will take you to the page of Mary Roberts Rinehart, a writer called "the American Agatha Christie" who's considered to have coined the phrase.
Thanks again for your comment.
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